This report contains information on production, supply, demand, imports, and exports for beef, lamb & mutton, pork, and poultry in the international meat market, representing market regions such as North America, the Pacific Rim, and Oceania.

This special report examines some of the issues that affected the current cattle cycle such as weather, and provides commentary of value of production, prices received, inventory, slaughter, number of operations and cattle per operation, imports and exports, and gross income . In addition, the report also considers the role and production method of cattle being fed for the slaughter market; a brief description of survey procedures and sampling methods; and terminology and definitions used in NASS cattle publications.

This report provides a commentary on the changes in the composition and structure of the U. S. hog breeding herd by size of operation and efficiency of the breeding herd in comparison with historical trends. In addition, Information on inventory, annual pig crop, slaughter weights, dressing percent, value, imports, litter rate, farrowing, and gross income is also contained within this report. Data was collected from hog operations via probability surveys, and estimates were prepared by the Agricultural Statistics Board.

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The USDA Economics, Statistics and Market Information System (ESMIS) contains over 2,100 publications from five agencies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). These materials cover U.S. and international agriculture and related
topics. Mann Library at Cornell University developed and maintains this site.